Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-31
ST. BARTS.
IFS ANCIENT HISTORY AND scrrvs
THERE TODAY.
Founded ty Minstrel and Pefr,s,a.,
by Xings-Tho School and
Students.

81 q stately building Of hewn stann
lrovnlu local parlance as "St. Bart :
int more familiar to the Wi,
o. LARGO under its fnu t;uo 80
"st tartholomew's Hospital" "a a
stranger might easily euoSs ~
rl character 10y WATCHING ,i
a.H. lew door midway along ia
rnt.around winch gather every NOR
..r. crowd of men. women. and cbi
dion waiting for aduittapce. I.ookine.
c.t,r - the throng he would no,;co
ua' a. ere more or less poorly dressed
{. 20 most of them took very pale ami
.'N. and that not few-lnore es,,c'
is among the women aud youoger
csDrou- arc marked with ugly bruises
.tl laSc their hands or faces banded
with Icoi-siained rags.
iu, With THIS door We have no.h;,o
.r.. for u Is thc patients ontron.e"
l admit, 10 one else. We benj
lHu. O. The left. and. turning n cor
1.I pass through on IRON cat. into a
.. narrow gloomy courtyard, over.
>.oonod ON every side hy the cold
.al walls oi the great hospital. At the
l,, oi times Il Is no very cheerful
lace, hut now. combined rs II i
Nth the iast-ialiiag rain. aud m
bought 90 the countless forms of
..ry which these sOmbre walls
,..c,al. i.s depressing eject is docpen-
cd tIousant.old. Amid these s1r-
rur-irrs lt is somewhat STARTLING IN
sd ourselves suddenly confronted Inv
tae Iui'y form and broad, rcd. iolly
,i>.-o oi ioi>taiiian porter. who, nv
Ole s.mc curious contradiction which
ak,s so many sections and under
tttIs thc meIrlcSt men alive. appears
60 oraw fresh life and joyialiiv from
@. sphere of suii, ring and death
iyolunuuly bothink myself of Sir
herd ~tc,lc's famous "mutc" nj
tlc funeral. and the characteristic TO-
IID.i administered g. him bv his mas
Ter: You rascal. i give Won sos. q
v,el 20 look doleul. and the more +
lsc you the jollicr You are
INT the hurry wayder's neon
9uous form is speedily replaced by
,.c .4r more appropriate to such a
>..t Through the cold, wet mist and
%. Cli.Eiiug lain there comes gliding
t.v-Tl Us across the courtyard the
...... L. g. -. ~
I' ' '.''' lazy -u .''o "tvs' OF
".+ ~. 80 e'.It"v ace
IT,. M NJ
tf..'..''''....-.'. - - " i4g',l
. --, j.l- 49, '.'','' ",Iy
n0l.d far rather have such fIce
...-- Ctor me ut the last moment
.. t.' ,t some bearded, harl-iea-
"., '." ..I.". "-'eotl; 80, TO-
Sd gu, '"''''' '''"--1 lAose ofiye |
''','' '"."'aI 'ii' '--Ii'''
"-- '..e-' .."'s''l''-' "n0' dfl"S !
..- .l--- i'.iA iI '". LoSi'i''i OIL
peg. l""'' "'.i '"'.I iN'
'- u ".. t.c s'aa'" .'s' az 'l |
200, "t'- 30! ne passing 16jse /
Ni- lliAtaie.
Cur cohair'1i we pass /
H-l % .D" cc9;"i Y ana MP stone /
-.-i. A-ii'" "hI "-Ad-;i5 enough Tor /
3d.. oman 'as1.e' lo'tiiluf M IenS.A F
' -..'.-,-I room 5. apart Ioi tic nurses. +
~ is " shH-' VOL '''i-li 'ied &pir1- /
"a villa i.'z-n- nie ana Il rooi1ay .
..'.e.-e III one com L among ll' +
.-iD-;s O.. ".l-h 81 are prominently .
r'-l-i a. Sr waiter scott 'o- .
-..urt,. HeIc hastily p-n2u q T
i,V noes RESPECTING the h'- ni'hi l'etF' .
"a.tA. however Ino"eili'@et III appear
;-.e, assesses none the l,5s M
;. IN eating back t. tue opening OF me .
f"..iih century. In ~ "a certain .
1.st,r Lalcra, Who bad followed Il, .
ll .ttAh.e. lut lot wholly respectable,
rIoe a. minstrel 0arl45 tne releh 81 .
Nllau haius. AMI had attracted u, +
favorable notice Oh william successor 4
i.,nly J.. found himself III Pos..e'sliol T
of what Wa, iDr those Gays tOicri nl' +
.alc. sum OF money. Itls money H. +
DID Owed l. u~t-llkc many other gly +
gentlemen Of bis time-in atonlnS by
.0l, good wora for the little lIreeu- .
..l.rs a. ms c1riier years. Il I
,.r...-.y De founded pnOrY IN
rultLltld, tae ancient chapel oi
Which stli exists os The PARISH chufcl /
,fst. bartholomew the Less. Nor"1 /
i.- zeal stop there hardly was the .
prior: huilt vAcn ITS founder OBJ llu'i ,
4l King Henry TIE grant OF "a
c.lttEuc pccc" II wa &C. !tnde ms9l F..
&. .i,uu'o. upon winch he onut a-l f
endowed. "to tEe Lonor ann ptdyse % /
g., h,-.,d smct lart1o.ome " hos
it'll tora master. hrethren,"nd sys;.si,,;
.l.. lDr the GOOD en'tri"j nemeh' o. .H /
lO.r folk .ul such as bcne SEX OF ,d- /
ser, diseases. until such time as III y De /
81 clc alI souad aspyne. i
illus established IN the heart o.
london. tho new hospital did a t,5 /
,.Ll,vi good work, and was mGnl"iy |
i1r.i ia dong 1t by tne none.
iH.-.1s Of the e'ty' "A proc 80. 81 |
t,., i-e IrioIy VAS incorporates VIZ
10 Ld in l01' the boy.hin 3 ,5. "'.u |
w., mace over tine entire oul ,,:l 70
d. liiz,us Of London asa puonG ',a n,,,
i.rud plenty TO DO IN an as9 ".-4 t
,,.,y u.an had weapon AMI VIZ
l. ~ would call ga dacent notion %, 81
u..u' #, aud when sireet-ish's, VIVA
tuc on four lives lost on either S''e'
were matters OF almost dl!iy oecir,
rlcc. Ire great fire OF II5o'' wh.ch
lvept away so many priceless mona
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